State upon its members which
a
body of
rules imposed by
is
the
designed
3. Legislation
legislation/Statute
have passed
through
documents which
are
the Houses of
legal
the Dail and
the Seanad and has been signed
to regulate human conduct by the President.
"Secondary"or "Subordinate"legislation are pieces
law which have been created
of entities
by
1. EU Law which have been delegated the power to do so
The primary law of the EU, contained the in
by the Oireachtas
principal treaties, takes precedence over domestic
law. Where there conflict between EU
was a
Law and a the constitution, EU law
term of 4. Common law
applied. Common Law refers to the decisions made
by
There are
type secondary legislation:
of
judges which must be followed in similar
Regulations:laws that to member decisions in the future.
1.
apply every
State The cumulative of what particular details are
1. Directives:form of
order to member States to considered decided Factors in a case is referred
implement to achieve to as Precedent, and
national
legislation a
lay out how lower courts
specific result must decide on these elements. The higher
III. Decisions:addressed to a limited and defined the court, the gr
longer the precedent.
The benefit of this
group of
persons; binding system is that it allows
iv. Recommendations -
For a consistent application of the law to
all citizens. When
taking on a case, a
solicitor will be able to have an accurate
2. The Constitution idea ofhow their client's case will
go
Written in
English and Irish;in case of conflict,
the Irish
language version takes precedence.
by referendum 5. Second
Customgasradition
Can only be amended and is open
For interpretation established
Courts.
by the
The Constitution provides the foundation of
1.
has the force or
long
so
law. Used
it
validity of on
Irish life and guarantees the fundamental rights a local scale
of each member state. 11. Canon law:Church law, has little to no
It
sets out the separation of
powers in 3 limbs, legal effect
today
to help ensure that power is distributed and III. International law:is a combination of
that Ireland remains ademocratic
country. treaties and customs which
regulates the
1. Legislature:laying down of legal rules by conduct of
states themselves
among